That last F-14 Tomcat fly by sneaking up from below the deck at just under Mach 1 and pulling into pure vertical was sheer, raw and brute POWER! You can feel the immense force and pace moving the air through the screen.
@RazgrizF14D5 ай бұрын
My favorite memory of the Tomcat is from when I was on The USS Constellation, her last deployment and VF-2 Bounty Hunters last deployment with the F-14. During the Tiger Cruise when they did the air show out at sea, the Tomcat made a super sonic pass about 100 off the port side if the ship and 60 feet over the water. Watching that beautiful beast of a fighter screaming through the air and seeing the shockwaves hitting the surface of the water as she screamed by will forever be ingrained into my memory! Nothing beats the Tomcat!!!
@ChristinanathanWesterfie-pr4jj5 ай бұрын
My understanding was that was Dale "Snort" Snodgrass R.I.P.!
@danielhylland69015 ай бұрын
Wow....that last F-14 Fly-By was awesome :) Just love it.
@FighterPilotPodcast5 ай бұрын
#getsome!
@oldgoat1425 ай бұрын
When Cats ruled the skies! That last Tomcat pass is the kind of thing I'll always remember. Low, fast, mean, nasty, and poppin' flares! Super hot aircrew flying a super hot jet! Brings a tear of nostalgia to this old sailor's cheek. I loved it!!
@digitalperson1085 ай бұрын
Hornet does a nice pull and high alpha climb…. Tomcat rolls in and brings the heat like no one else could.
@franklast79555 ай бұрын
Many years ago i was at my grandmothers in Gloucester Va. Had 2 A-6 Intruders and 2 F-14s flow over at tree top level
@Pricklyhedgehog725 ай бұрын
The Hornet looked cool enough, but that last Tomcat pass was pure performance.
@firefighting.responder5 ай бұрын
In my opinion the F14 Tomcat is the best looking fighter jet we had in the fleet ...🇺🇲💪🇺🇲❤️🤍💙
@oubrioko5 ай бұрын
6:29 goodness gracious, *_Great Balls of Fire_*
@30AndHatingIt5 ай бұрын
Was super impressed with that Hornet high alpha move… until the Tomcat ripped by BELOW the fu**ing deck with a vapor cloud.
@Machlooper5 ай бұрын
Wow…that low pass !!! My all time favourite jet.
@FighterPilotPodcast5 ай бұрын
💪
@johnferguson14555 ай бұрын
Awesome to see all those Tomcats!
@D5Pasadena5 ай бұрын
These videos of the big fighter are pure magic!
@singhson10615 ай бұрын
Always a treat looking at the Tomcat in flight. Thanks for uploading this Jell-O! Even though I’m Canadian, Fly Navy!
@FighterPilotPodcast5 ай бұрын
Hey, I'm an American Hornet guy so you can imagine the grief I get for posting these! (you're welcome 🤩)
@singhson10615 ай бұрын
Haha! I can imagine. That low pass in the end makes it worth it though.
@kdh65885 ай бұрын
Love the Tomcat, such a presence!
@FighterPilotPodcast5 ай бұрын
One of a kind.
@mattmatt3505 ай бұрын
Sh!t Hot!!! I love your old videos the Tomcat and legacy Hornet, keep em coming!
@stzy81735 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this Jello! I wonder if Ward Carroll was there during this. I know he said he was in the Diamondbacks at some point in the 90s and spent a deployment or two on the George Washington. Anyhow, cheers from Canada :)
@FighterPilotPodcast5 ай бұрын
He was the air wing operations officer during this cruise, flying with VF-102.
@stzy81735 ай бұрын
Awesome!@@FighterPilotPodcast
@jamielancaster015 ай бұрын
@ 2:20 That metal partition behind them is to deflect wind away from them as a carrier is heading into the wind.
@tomsanborn41564 ай бұрын
The RAG VF-101 provided F-14’s for air shows. While I was assigned there in the IWT shop. I never missed them practice the demo. Was there 88-90. After one demo practice it was rumored that some large plate glass at the newly built Lynnhaven Mall may have been shattered 😊
@atlclutch5 ай бұрын
Wow, how cool and fun. I can only imagine what that meant to the guys on deck.
@atthefence1115 ай бұрын
Holy Schnykies that last past!!!!
@iainbradford42545 ай бұрын
6:27 LOL 🙂
@FighterPilotPodcast5 ай бұрын
Best part of the video!
@RLDenham5 ай бұрын
Aside from the noise of a 1000 mosquitoes interrupting the sound of freedom; awesome video thank you for posting.
@FighterPilotPodcast5 ай бұрын
Yeah, sorry, cameraman forgot to wrap tinfoil around the camera to protect from the radar.
@jtharring5 ай бұрын
Hey, thats my Dads name on the first Hornet you see... Cool. Thanks for sharing.
@FighterPilotPodcast5 ай бұрын
Bone was my XO and then CO in that squadron--please tell him hello from Jell-O.
@jtharring5 ай бұрын
@@FighterPilotPodcast Ya I showed him the video and of course he recognized your name. He says hello.
@dougstitt16524 ай бұрын
That below the deck pass WoW large ones.
@mikebridges205 ай бұрын
That last pass was amazing! Almost sounded like an actual sonic boom on the video, although I doubt it at that distance from the crew. Crowd line? What crowd line?
@FighterPilotPodcast5 ай бұрын
Crowd line is the edge of the ship!
@BakeO945 ай бұрын
I don't know if video exist but I was a plane captain in VF-102 on the decom cruise aboard the America and on two occasions CAG was flying and went burner off the cats at night and on the 3rd attempt the engines flamed out and we all thought he was going in the drink but he recovered it and went straight vertical in full burner...i believe it was Snort but I could be wrong and this wasn't in a F-14a it was a F-14B and it was F'N awesome to see
@FighterPilotPodcast5 ай бұрын
I showed up in that air wing right after that deployment. Good times!
@jameshoge117728 күн бұрын
Hey, what's up? Seen your post. I was in the PR shop at the time. Possibly a 1st class. It's been a while. Have a great day.
@ChristinanathanWesterfie-pr4jj5 ай бұрын
DCS, the CatZ are ready ANYTIME BABY!
@Dblakenz5 ай бұрын
That hornet pull was impressive but must have been something else to see that Tomcat pass! Thanks for sharing Jello, although one question - these air shows at sea, obviously very cool but in what circumstances do they usually happen? Is it an end of cruise event or mid cruise event to keep morale up etc?
@FighterPilotPodcast5 ай бұрын
Depends. Sometimes we do a rehearsal show before embarking "tigers" (friends and family) for the final days of deployment before returning, then they get to see the show.
@joshuatucker62145 ай бұрын
When they designed the F14 they did something completely right Not a bad line on the jet F18 ain’t bad either
@couchfighter5 ай бұрын
rip snort!
@couchfighter5 ай бұрын
DO 15 SEC SHORTS. RELEASE ONE EVERY DAY , YOU CAN STACK AND SSET THE RELEASE DATES ON YOUR OWN
@FighterPilotPodcast5 ай бұрын
Why?
@BakeO945 ай бұрын
Was this taken on the tiger cruise before America did the decom cruise in 95?